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Asset Acquisition, Number Of Separate Sellers

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Asset Acquisition, Ownership Percentage Before Acquisition

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Asset Acquisition, Percentage Of Voting Interest Acquired

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Payments for Asset Acquisitions

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Amount of liability recognized from contingent consideration in asset acquisition, classified as current.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Number of shares issued for each share of convertible preferred stock that is converted.

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Related Party Transactions (Details) $ in Thousands					3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details) $ in Thousands	Apr. 14, 2022 USD ($) shares	Feb. 15, 2022 USD ($) shares	Jan. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Jul. 20, 2021 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) seller	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 06, 2022 shares	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Deferred acquisition payment - Chisholm									$ 70,000
Payments of stock issuance costs	$ 200				$ 674		$ 674
Securities Purchase Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, proceeds received on transaction	$ 279,300		$ 280,000
Eagle Ford Acquisitions
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total consideration transferred						$ 45,200
Number of separate sellers \| seller						4
Eagle Ford, Seller One
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total consideration transferred						$ 8,200
Class A Common Stock \| Subsequent Event
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Convertible preferred stock, shares issued upon conversion (in shares) \| shares								25,225,225
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock \| Securities Purchase Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares	280,000		280,000
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock \| Securities Purchase Agreement \| En Cap And Affiliates
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares			220,000
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock \| Securities Purchase Agreement \| Post Oak And Affiliates
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares			60,000
Chisholm Acquisition
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash consideration		$ 383,843
Asset acquisition, ownership percentage before acquisition		25.00%
Asset acquisition, percentage of voting interest acquired		36.00%
Chisholm Acquisition \| Class A Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of Class A Common Stock issued (in shares) \| shares		19,417,476
Tracker And Sequel Aquisitions
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash consideration				$ 60,159
Tracker And Sequel Aquisitions \| Class A Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of Class A Common Stock issued (in shares) \| shares				6,200,000
Tracker Purchase Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash consideration				$ 18,800
Shares of Class A Common Stock issued (in shares) \| shares				4,700,000
Tracker Purchase Agreement \| Significant Shareholder
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, percentage of voting interest acquired				49.00%
Tracker Purchase Agreement \| Class A Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of Class A Common Stock issued (in shares) \| shares				4,700,000
EEH Credit Agreement \| Chisholm Acquisition
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash consideration		$ 377,500